Editing Talk:Ballad of The Sneak

As regards [[The Kaiser]], could this also be a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm Kaiser Wilhelm II]?

:I don't think so. TBC just used The Kaiser as a title for a "kingly" person. Kaiser is (or was) a fairly common term for a ruler. It's not a reference. --[[User:acekirby13|<font color=green>acekirby13</font color>]]|<sup>[[User talk:acekirby13|<font color=green>My Talk</font color>]]</sup>  23:42, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

On the Kaiserly subject, in 1936, The Kaiser would hardly be a hated figure in lieu of the influence of Hitler. Could this be qualified as a "goof?"

Are we sure it's "flapper girls" and not "clever girls"?  "Flapper" would be the obvious historical reference, but the word sounds more like "clever" to me, and "flapper girl" seems redundant - I've not researched this point, but I've always understood "flapper" stood on its own, without needing to be a modifier for "girl".

:I listened to it really closely and it sounds like "flapper" to me.  [[User:Ed smildE|<font face="tw cen mt">E<small>D</small>S<small>MILDE</small></font>]]

:I always here "clever". {{User:Salty/sig}} 07:03, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

:I'm pretty sure it's "glamour girls" [[User:220.0.164.117|220.0.164.117]] 02:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

::I also heard "clever girls", but how about Clabber Girls? [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 17:05, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

:::I've always heard "clever". I slowed it down in Audacity and I didn't detect any 'f' or 'p' sounds. It makes sense because in the 'old timey' era, clever was used more to mean good-natured/healthy/amiable and would be a fitting adjective for girls you'd want to get the affections of. [[User:4.155.0.52|4.155.0.52]] 03:50, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

::::I-I hear, uh, <small>weather girl.</small> {{User:Thy Not Dennis/sig}} 20:03, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

== flying machine? I herd spying machine. ==

flying machine sounded like spying machine. anyone else agree?--{{User:Benol/sig}} 07:38, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
:it's flying machine. it makes sense because the homestar runner is injured, probably because he fell out of his flying machine. {{User:Bubsty/sig}} 19:46, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
::I also heard spying machine. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 02:55, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

== DVD version ==

Why is it taking so long to get the commentary for the DVD? {{User:Gnome of Fury/sig}} 15:12, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
:Because there are many people in the transcript.  I might take a go at it later today.   {{User:Rogue Leader/sig}} 15:14, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

== The Fort-Wayne Locamotive ==

Does anyone else but me think he DID have a speaking role ? I heard him say 28 skidoo .. Other views ?
:I thought he did too... {{User:Techgeekmbg/sig}} 19:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

==Jazz==

I was wondering if the phonograph record blowing up in the Sneak's face relates to the anti-jazz cartoons that had slapstick accidents occurring to listeners of jazz. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 02:55, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

==Smart or Short==

I heard "He's small and short and yellow.", not "He's small and smart and yellow." [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 02:54, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

== STORM monologue ==

Storm seems to be having a conversation with himself in the second transcript.  Could someone fix that?
:The transcript is like that, because the quality of the commentary is rather low, and it's hard to identify any of the other speakers. As such, most lines are uncredited. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

=="Quite unique"==

I'm not sure if this is a big enough deal to add to the article, but the phrase "quite unique" is poor grammar. Unique means "one of a kind" and cannot be used comparatively, nor does it take modifiers like "quite," "more," "very," etc. [[User:Wear a Bikini|Wear a Bikini]] 19:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
:While it's a pet peeve of mine when people modify "unique" with quantifiers, it's very common, and I don't think the misuse is notable. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 19:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

==Prohibition==

Not all counties repealed prohibition in the thirties. Some have yet to do so. They are known as "dry counties". [[User:Awexome|Awexome]] 16:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

==Small and sort of yellow==

I'm not hearing the M. I originally heard "Small and short and yellow". Now I hear "small and sort of yellow".

== My Michelle... ==

I'm pretty sure My Michelle is a song by Guns 'N' Roses. Since they say in the commentary '''My''' Michelle and not just Michelle, I think it's a reference to the GnR song, not the Beatles song. --[[User:Dementedc|Dementedc]] 13:05, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

== "The Dapper Swindler" or "That Dapper Swindler"? ==

Yet another lyrics contesting. Anyway, I heard that. Actually, it sounds like Japper to me, but I'll leave that up to people who know what a Dapper is. So, the or that?
([[User:Frazz|Frazz]] 22:49, 2 March 2008 (UTC))

Ok then, I'll go ahead and change it. ([[User:Frazz|Frazz]] 18:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC))
:The poster clearly reads ''The'' Dapper Swindler. I say we stick to that, given the canonical mention of phrasing. &mdash; [[User:Flashfight|Flashfight]] 19:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
::'''Actually''' I have to agree, it is very clearly ''that'' Dapper Swindler &mdash;[[User:Flashfight|Flashfight]] 19:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


== Paul and Storm ==
This song is everywhere credited to Da Vinci's Notebook, but it was actually written and performed only by members Paul and Storm.  Da Vinci's Notebook broke up and Paul and Storm began their independent act in 2004, around when this short came out.  Should it be noted in the article?  -[[Special:Contributions/128.103.10.17|128.103.10.17]] 07:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)


== Nickelodeon ==
The piano the sneak is dancing upon is not a nickelodeon. The term "nickelodeon" was most frequently used to reference nickel theater players, and even when the term ''was'' used to describe automated pianos, those types of pianos resembled orchestrions, not regular player pianos. Besides, the piano in cartoon didn't even have a coin slot, so it's most assuredly a regular player piano. {{User:TrueTsumetai/sig}} 06:41, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

== Small and smart and yellow? ==

Obviously, we know that the second line is "Small and smart and ''yellow''."  Is it possible that this refers to the colloquialism of "being yellow"?  i.e "cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight""?  It seems that cowardice and treachery would be the Sneak's two primary defining points, after all.